Anyone and everyone please judge and comment

[TheSon]

New track recently finished and added to our bands' space,
I would appreciate it if anyone could spare the time to take a listen and comment, particularly the recording savvy on here... please be brutally honest cos I'm here to learn and so all input is required and welcome.

its' the first track (it should auto-play) on here:

www.myspace.com/arsenaloffreedom

cheers guys.

 

[thinskin57]

while i wasn't able to listen on my (accurate) studio monitors at home, what i DID hear coming out of my tiny desk top speakers at work seemed quite good. i could pretty much hear all instruments and nothing seemed to be fighting for space- level, or eq-wise. in your request of being brutally honest though... i'm sure your singer's a great guy and all, but he's mediocre at best. vocal delivery had me yawning. no grit, and no balls. he kind of "talks" more than he sings. to me, the music warrants a more powerful vocal delivery than he's bringing. to be fair, i clicked on the second song and nothing seemed to change. sorry. (especially if you're the singer)

 

[Mr_You]

A good bit of the vocals sound more like talking than singing, specially the beginning (sounds like he's bored, lacks emotion/passion). Gets better around 3:00+, whole song should have vocals like that IMO. He needs more practice. Though I'm no singer myself, he might want to practice singing and adjust his vocal levels by moving the mic closer or further away versus singing/talking quietly.

Recording quality sounds professional (coming from laptop speakers). Sounds like its radio friendly music (which I'm not heh).

 

[TheSon]

ha, cheers guys...

no im not singer so its all good for me personally, but the pattern is the same wherever we go/play etc... vocals/ist need to be better... this is the same critique we have had from people and pro's many a time from all over our treks so yeah, for sure we need to get him some trainning or something.

 

[6L6C]

I’m with the other guys as far as the vocals, the drums sound very weak to me and kind of buried behind the guitars at times. Great guitar sounds BTW! As for the drums it’s probably a few things the room ? the mics? Maybe?? Drums are always a bitch. But maybe put some compression on them and maybe a little bit of chorus on some of the symbols, just a hair. The drums just sound a bit lost to me. However the song is really good!! Whatever you do don’t change the guitar tones there perfect for the song!

 

[fantasyl]

Very good guitar tone. Vocals/ist needs to give more passion, should try to concentrate on interpretation more than technique/intonation, IMHO.

The kick drum sound should come out from the mix more, and give more thump and/or click (eq-ing to your taste if you want more rock or metal-sound).

Howewer....good luck to your band!

I will post similar 3d with my band's myspace soon, feel free to come over and give me your opinions / advice.....I recorded and produced the band, but we'll have to re-mix and re-register some parts soon due to vocalist change :? .....good chance to improve the sound and following your tips!